copyright 2009 by the Daily Tar HeelIf you're not a regular, on-campus reader of the Daily Tar Heel, you might have missed last week's guest columnist, Josh Tetrick. Interesting read, to be sure!
"We are drowning. And not just in credit card bills and tuition payments. We are drowning in false choices.Read the rest of this column at:
"We are told that we must choose between making money and making a difference, that it is not possible to harness our strengths, embrace our passions and have a career at the same time. We’ve been misled, misinformed, and we’re now anxious about the future. But crisis — both economic and planetary — creates opportunity.
"Whatever you think about your career during this economic maelstrom — think the opposite."
http://www.dailytarheel.com/opinion/in_tough_times%252C_save_the_planet-1.1619718
Senator John Kerry, too, made a similar call last week while on campus for the Weil Lecture on American Citizenship:
“There are some that try to argue that you can’t deal with climate change in an economic crisis. But I can’t think of a thinking that is more off-base than that. Dealing with climate change is part of the solution to the economic crisis.”Your can check out the DTH reporting of his visit at:
http://www.dailytarheel.com/news/university/kerry_pushes_environmental_action-1.1623286
